Ascodesmis nigricans Tiegh.
(a discomycete)

Interactions where Ascodesmis nigricans is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
apothecium (solitary or gregarious)		solitary or gregarious apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			Capra hircus	Goat (Domestic & Feral), Feral Goat	Artiodactyla: Bovidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Ascodesmidaceae/Ascodesmis nigricans/	Ascodesmis nigricans	a discomycete		solitary or gregarious		apothecium	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Capra hircus/	Capra hircus	goat (domestic & feral), feral goat			dung
apothecium (solitary or gregarious)		solitary or gregarious apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			Ovis aries	Sheep (Domestic and Feral), Feral Sheep	Artiodactyla: Bovidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Ascodesmidaceae/Ascodesmis nigricans/	Ascodesmis nigricans	a discomycete		solitary or gregarious		apothecium	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/	Ovis aries	sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep			dung
apothecium (solitary or gregarious)		solitary or gregarious apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			Canis lupus ssp familiaris	Dog, Domestic Dog	Carnivora: Canidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Ascodesmidaceae/Ascodesmis nigricans/	Ascodesmis nigricans	a discomycete		solitary or gregarious		apothecium	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Carnivora/Canidae/Canis lupus subsp. familiaris/	Canis lupus subsp. familiaris	dog, domestic dog			dung
apothecium (solitary or gregarious)		solitary or gregarious apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			Equus asinus	Donkey	Perissodactyla: Equidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Ascodesmidaceae/Ascodesmis nigricans/	Ascodesmis nigricans	a discomycete		solitary or gregarious		apothecium	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Perissodactyla/Equidae/Equus asinus/	Equus asinus	donkey			dung
apothecium (solitary or gregarious)		solitary or gregarious apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			[Herbivores]	mammalian herbivores		Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 Keys to Fungi on Dung, Richardson, M.J. & Watling, R., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Ascodesmidaceae/Ascodesmis nigricans/	Ascodesmis nigricans	a discomycete		solitary or gregarious		apothecium	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Herbivores/	Herbivores	mammalian herbivores			dung

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Richardson, M.J. & Watling, R., 1997	Keys to Fungi on Dung	2 edition, 68pp, British Mycological Society

Ascodesmis nigricans (a discomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Ascodesmis nigricans (a discomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Ascodesmis nigricans (a discomycete)
Genus	Ascodesmis (a genus of discomycetes)
Family	ASCODESMIDACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
Order	PEZIZALES (cup fungus)
Subclass	PEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
Class	PEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Ascodesmis nigricans is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ascodesmis nigricans (a discomycete)

Ascodesmis nigricans (a discomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PEZIZALES
(cup fungus)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ascodesmis nigricans (a discomycete):

PEZIZALES
(cup fungus)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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